Jerome Ferretti demonstrates the basics. On Saturday, October 12th, the Detroit Mercantile and Carhartt hosted a free Skillshare workshop. Artist and master bricklayer Jerome Ferretti—whose work and personality was featured in the movie “Searching for Sugar Man”—led the workshop, which covered the basics of planning a masonry project, tuck-pointing, bricklaying,and repairs. Ferretti’s experience translated to […]

Detail from Robert Sestok’s show, “Static.” On Saturday, October 5th, during the Hamtramck Neighborhood Arts Festival, renowned sculptor and painter Robert Sestok had an opening of new work at Cave gallery in the Russell Industrial Center. The show, “Static,” featured all new paintings in a continuation of the pure black-and-white motif that featured heavily in his […]

Oh my deer! Art Parade leaving from Hatch art collective. The 2013 Hamtramck Neighborhood Arts Festival really outdid itself this year, with nearly 30 locations and dozens of events taking place throughout the city on Saturday, October 5th. There were open studios at numerous galleries, including festival cornerstone Public Pool, which featured an international collaboration […]

The Hinterlands Ensemble performing “God Bless Ameowica.” The Hinterlands Ensemble (a Knight Arts grantee) is known for their mastery of multiple media, including radio, shadow puppetry and other original collaborative theater pieces. With the premiere of “The Circuit,” a variety show piece that has been in development since the Hinterlands’ residency in the summer of 2012, they […]

This year’s HNAF is bursting at the seams with an all-day schedule of events. Beginning at 1 p.m. on Saturday, October 5th, with an opening performance at HenriettaHaus and continuing through to late night music events from 6-9 p.m., the 2013 Hamtramck Neighborhood Arts Festival  is prepared to unleash for a roving art romp around the […]

“Cosmic Radiance” (left) by Hank Willis Thomas and “We Deserve More (Fast Wood Workers’ Rally for Fair Wages, Detroit, MI, May 2013)” (right) by Andrea Bowers. The MOCAD’s newest exhibition opened Friday, September 6th and features 16 new murals commissioned by the museum (a Knight Arts grantee). “Past is Present” draws upon Detroit’s historical record, with […]

D-Town Farm is a multi-acre agricultural operation on Detroit’s West side. D-Town Farm had its annual Harvest Festival, “What’s Growing On: Cultivating the Rich Legacy of the Detroit African American Agricultural Tradition” over the weekend of September 21-22 with a celebration that included food, music, crafts, lectures and a spirit of cultural exchange. D-Town is […]

It takes more than a little rain to shut down the party on The Avenue of Fashion! The 2013 Detroit Design Festival held forth throughout last weekend, with the the official kickoff party on Tuesday, September 17 at the College for Creative Studies, and a full bill of more than 60 “happenings” and innumerable events taking […]

To coincide with the Detroit Design Festival, which will be going on all this weekend, the Detroit Film Theater/DIA hosted an outstanding event sponsored by the Reva Stocker Taubman Lecture Fund. Filmmaker Sam Green was on hand to present his “live documentary”—a narrated slide show that featured video clips and interviews—on the life of Buckminster […]

A reunited Death playing DIY Street Fair Ferndale. As a fan of the horror movie genre, I love nothing better than a story of life after death. Last Saturday, September 14th, DIY Street Fair Ferndale witnessed the resurrection of Death, a band whose legacy was nearly lost to time. Death was founded by three brothers, […]

Drawing from a mix of personal imagery and cultural sources, Emily Jane Wood weaves strong personal mythology in multiple media. I met Emily Jane Wood at the Hamtramck Street Festival over Labor Day Weekend, and could tell immediately from her range that I was dealing with an individual who carries the mixed blessing of having […]